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Get ready for Greenhouse by Joost – The Movie

Watch key clips from Joost Bakker’s new movie, Greenhouse by Joost. There’s also a series of travelling Q&As if you’re in Canberra, Bowral, Sydney, Avoca and more.


Gillian Serisier

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November 11th, 2022

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Dubbed the ‘poster boy of zero waste living’ by the New York Times’ Joost Bakker continues to thrill our green sensibilities. His latest venture is Greenhouse by Joost – the movie, and a series of Q&A sessions happening this month.

“Imagine a house that grows its own food” posits Bakker as he sets out to build a self-sustaining home in Melbourne’s CBD. Building an ecosystem that provides water, energy, shelter and food, the movie traces Joost’s progress through bureaucratic delays, blackouts and all the other foibles of building your own home!

Winner of the Audience Award at the Melbourne international Film Festival Greenhouse by Joost has been selected for both the upcoming Adelaide Film Festival and Brisbane International Film Festival.

Following special screenings (NSW, VIC, ACT, WA and QLD) the film’s message will be expanded with an on-stage discussion with special guests including Damon Gameau, Sarah Wilson, Jack Thompson, Clare Bowditch, Neil Perry and Clare Cousins, as well as renowned chefs Matt Stone and Jo Barrett, who also feature in the film.

Eco-trailblazer, florist, entrepreneur, restaurateur, builder and zero waste champion, Bakker is at the cutting edge of multidisciplinary sustainable living.

Q&A EVENTS

Saturday 12 November
Palace Electric, Canberra at 4pm
Guest: Joost Bakker. Moderator: Nicole Hasham, The Conversation Australia

Sunday 13 November
Empire Cinema, Bowral at 4pm
Guest: Joost Bakker. Moderator: Briannah Devlin, Southern Highland News
Luna Leederville, Perth at 4pm – Virtual Event Guest: Joost Bakker and Matt Stone

Monday 14 November
Randwick Ritz, Sydney at 6.30pm
Guests: Joost Bakker and Sarah Wilson. Moderator: Damon Gameau.
Dendy Newtown, Sydney at 8pm
Guests: Joost Bakker and Neil Perry. Moderator: Damon Gameau.

Wednesday 16 November
Avoca Beach Theatre at 6.30pm
Guest: Joost Bakker. Moderator: Cheralyn Darcey.

Thursday 17 November
Jetty Theatre, Coffs Harbour at 6pm
Guests: Joost Bakker and Jack Thompson. Moderator: Dave Horsley, SWIFF Festival Director

Friday 18 November
Palace Byron Bay at 6.30pm, 7.10pm and 7.50pm
Guests: Joost Bakker and Cedar Anderson. Moderator: Damon Gameau.

GREENHOUSE BY JOOST is being released in Australian cinemas as follows –
VIC/TAS – 10 November,
ACT/NSW/WA/SA – 17 November,
QLD – 24 November.

Joost Bakker
byjoost.com

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